From Myth to Method: Reimagining the Catalogue Raisonné

Event Details

Thursday, Apr 30, 2026
9:30 AM – 5 PM
540 West 25th Street
New York

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Symposium on Catalogues Raisonnés

Celebrating the Release of the Landmark Amedeo Modigliani Catalogue Raisonné by Institut Restellini

Comprising a series of panels on catalogues raisonnés—including their various uses as resources for art world professionals across the industry and future directions for research and authentication methodologies—this symposium at Pace’s 540 West 25th Street gallery in New York centers on new ways of thinking about how these publications can be produced and utilized, offering perspectives and insights from scholars and experts in several fields.

The symposium is organized in partnership with Institut Restellini and with support from Yale University Press, La Société Internationale des Catalogues Raisonnés (CRIS), and Cahiers d'Art Institute, alongside media partner Puck News. It is part of Pace’s multifaceted collaboration with the Institut Restellini, which will culminate with a major exhibition of Modigliani’s work at its gallery in New York in 2027. Curated by Marc Restellini, this exhibition will highlight the newly authenticated works in the catalogue raisonné, featuring loans from international museums.

Introductory Remarks

Marc Glimcher, Viola McGowan, Mark Eastment

Catalogues Raisonnés: Then, Now, Next

Moderated by Carl Schmitz
with Tiffany Bell, Dr. Sharon Flescher, Laili Nasr

Opening with a brief history of the catalogue raisonné, this discussion centers on how we use these publications today and what we might see in the field in the future.

Veni Vidi Vici: Restellini on His Predecessors and the Problem of Modigliani

Moderated by Marion Maneker
with Marc Glimcher and Marc Restellini, Interpretation by Nicholas Elliott

This panel focuses on the history of Modigliani scholarship, examining the case for a new catalogue raisonné and exploring the current state of the artist’s market.

The Update: New Approaches in Artwork Research

Moderated by David Grosz
with Ekaterina Bembel, Christopher Kermorvant, Atreya Mathur, and Satoko Tanimoto

Taking cues from Marc Restellini’s approach for his Modigliani catalogue raisonné, this panel brings into focus recent developments and innovations in art historical research, art law, artificial intelligence, and scientific analysis as they relate to authentication processes and outcomes.

Full Picture: A Case Study in Compiling an Expertise Report

Moderated by Viola McGowan
with Ekaterina Bembel and Antonia V. Bartoli

Opening with a case study of a Modigliani painting, this panel examines the practice of provenance research, focusing on methodology and available resources. Speakers consider how ownership histories and archival documentation can generate new findings that shape an object’s biography and contribute to broader historical narratives.

Panelists

Speakers for this symposium include experts on the art market, catalogue raisonné production, curation, conservation, restitution, and science and technology.

Curator of Provenance Research at the Yale University Art Gallery

Antonia V. Bartoli is Curator of Provenance Research at the Yale University Art Gallery, where she is leading the University’s first provenance research initiative. At Yale, she assists with developing provenance related policy, process, and procedure; oversees provenance research completed on acquisitions and loans and permanent collection items; and collaborates with colleagues across campus on provenance related education and public programming. A specialist in Nazi era provenance research, Bertoli has been conducting provenance research within museums, libraries, the art market, and on behalf of private collections and claimants for nearly two decades, including at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; British Library, London; and Christie’s, New York. She has undergraduate and graduate degrees in the History of Art from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and Institute of Fine Arts, in New York.

Editor of the Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonné

Tiffany Bell was editor of the web-based publication of the Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonné and served as a co-curator of the 2015–2017 traveling Martin retrospective. Previously, she was the director of the Dan Flavin Catalogue Raisonné project, leading to the publication of Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights, 1961–1996, and curated several exhibitions of Flavin’s work. Currently, she is editor of the Brice Marden catalogue raisonné of paintings to be published later this year.

President of La Société Internationale des Catalogues Raisonnés (CRIS)

Ekaterina Bembel is a lawyer and art historian with a degree from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Before settling in Paris, she also completed a Bachelor's degree in Political Science at Université Montesquieu - Bordeaux IV and a Master's degree in Modern Languages in Russia. Thanks to her academic training and professional experience at auction houses PIASA in Paris and Sotheby's London, she has established herself as a specialist in the art market. At the same time, she devoted herself to research work for several catalogues raisonnés. She began as a research assistant to expert Andrei Nakov, author of the Kazimir Malevitch catalogue raisonné, before joining the team for the Amedeo Modigliani catalogue raisonné directed by Marc Restellini, as a provenance researcher. Since 2019, she has held the position of Director of International Development at Institut Restellini. In September 2025 Ekaterina established Catalogue Raisonné International Society (CRIS), based in Paris, France.

Editorial Director for Museum and Institutional Partnerships, Art and Architecture, at Yale University Press

Mark Eastment is Editorial Director for Museum and Institutional Partnerships, Art and Architecture, at Yale University Press in London. After a career in bookselling, he worked in various roles in illustrated art book publishing at Antique Collectors Club, Tate Gallery, Phaidon Press, and most recently Publisher at London's Victoria and Albert Museum. Yale University Press has an unparalleled reputation having published or distributed many award-winning and groundbreaking catalogues raisonnés.

Art historian and Executive Director Emerita of IFAR (International Foundation for Art Research)

Dr. Sharon Flescher is an art historian and Executive Director Emerita of IFAR (International Foundation for Art Research), where she was also Editor-in-Chief of the IFAR Journal. At IFAR, Flescher organized major conferences on “Provenance and Due Diligence” and “Catalogues Raisonnés and the Authentication Process.” She conceived and developed IFAR’s Catalogues Raisonnés Database, its Art Law & Cultural Property Database, and co-authored its original Provenance Guide. She retired from IFAR at the end of 2023 after more than 25 years, but continues to write and consult. She has also held positions at the National Endowment for the Humanities; NYU (Adjunct Associate Professor); the Met; and The Equitable Foundation.

CEO at Pace Gallery

Marc Glimcher has served as CEO of Pace Gallery since 2011, now working alongside President Samanthe Rubell, whom he appointed in 2022. Under his leadership, Pace has greatly expanded its international scope, opening new spaces across Los Angeles, London, Geneva, Seoul, Hong Kong (where it operated galleries from 2014–2025), and Palo Alto (which operated from 2016–2022). In 2024, Pace began welcoming visitors to its gallery in Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills complex, and the gallery opened a new space in Berlin in 2025. Glimcher has also introduced major international contemporary artists—including Torkwase Dyson, Marina Perez Simão, Beatriz Milhazes, Sonia Gomes, Elmgreen & Dragset, Adrian Ghenie, Robert Longo, Robert Nava, and Trevor Paglen—into the gallery’s program.

Editorial Director and Chief Digital Officer of Cahiers d’Art Institute

David Grosz is Editorial Director/Chief Digital Officer at Cahiers d’Art Institute (CDAI). He was formerly President of Artifex Press—a publisher of digital catalogues raisonnés and a developer of catalogue raisonné software—which joined CDAI in 2021. He had been involved in publishing and editing catalogues raisonnés of such artists as Chuck Close, Sol LeWitt, Agnes Martin, and Tunga, as well as many forthcoming CRs, including for Carl Andre, Robert Irwin, and Lee Ufan.

Founder & CEO of TEKLIA, AI for Cultural Heritage

Christopher Kermorvant is a computer engineer and AI researcher specializing in the analysis of historical and cultural documents. He holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and conducted research at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the University of Montreal. In 2015, he founded TEKLIA to develop advanced AI solutions for collections in libraries, archives, museums, and art galleries.

Special Correspondent in Art for Puck News

Marion Maneker is a special correspondent for art at Puck, where he writes the Wall Power newsletter about the artists, art dealers, auction house figures, museum leaders, and the myriad advisors who make the art world operate. Previously, Maneker was the president of ARTnews and Art in America at Penske Media Corporation. He also built and ran the Artelligence newsletter, podcast, and conferences, as well as the Arm Market Monitor website, which was a pioneering resource for information about the global art market. Maneker was also the Publisher of HarperBusiness, an imprint of HarperCollins, where he worked closely with corporate leaders like Jack and Suzy Welch, Louis Gerstner, David Rubenstein, and a wide range of journalists. For a number of years, he was a features editor at New York Magazine.

Director of Legal Research at the Center for Art Law in New York

Atreya Mathur is the Director of Legal Research at the Center for Art Law. She received her Master of Laws from NYU School of Law, where she specialized in Competition, Innovation, and Information Law, with a focus on intellectual property and copyright law. At the Center, she conducts legal research across a wide range of art law topics, including copyright, artificial intelligence and art, contracts, artists’ rights, and legal issues affecting contemporary and digital art. Her work includes publishing research and engaging artists in critical discussions on legal challenges affecting their professional practice. She has taught classes to legal and arts communities at NYU School of Law, Harvard University, the School of Visual Arts, and other universities, nonprofit organizations, and art institutions.

Senior Director and head of Research & Archives at Pace Gallery

Viola McGowan is Senior Director and head of Research & Archives at Pace Gallery, where she leads an interdisciplinary team dedicated to preserving and advancing the global legacy of the gallery’s artists and initiatives. Her work bridges scholarship, market history, and institutional practice. Holding a BA and MA in Art History from Concordia University, Montreal, McGowan specializes in provenance research and due diligence, with extensive experience across auction houses and leading international galleries. Her work situates archival stewardship not only as preservation, but as a dynamic framework for cultural memory, accountability, and long-term artistic impact.

Project Coordinator and Contributing Author for Mark Rothko: The Works on Paper Online Resource and Catalogue Raisonné

Laili Nasr is Project Coordinator and Contributing Author for Mark Rothko: The Works on Paper Online Resource and Catalogue Raisonné at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Prior to that, she was Researcher, working closely with the late David Anfam, for Mark Rothko: The Works on Canvas Catalogue Raisonné. Laili earned her BA in Art History and French Literature from Tufts University and MA in Art History and Museum Management from Boston University. She also completed her PhD course work in Art History with a focus on Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American Art before joining the National Gallery of Art as a Graduate Fellow.

Art Historian and Leading Modigliani Scholar

Marc Restellini is a French art historian and museum director. Grandson of the painter Isaac Antcher, he studied at the Sorbonne (Paris I), where he later taught art history. A specialist in Modigliani, he began organizing exhibitions in Europe and Japan in 1989. From 1999 to 2003, he relaunched the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris, where he was Deputy Director and where his retrospectives on Raphaël and Modigliani broke attendance records. In 2003, he founded the Pinacothèque de Paris, whose approach is based on transversality and dialogue between cultures, eras and disciplines. Since 1997, with the support of Daniel Wildenstein, he has been involved in the preparation of the catalogue raisonné Modigliani, incorporating innovative scientific techniques. In 2015, he created the Institut Restellini, a pioneer in the application of these technologies to art history research. The catalogue raisonné Modigliani will be published in 2026 by Yale University Press.

President at Catalogue Raisonné Scholars Association

Carl Schmitz is an art historian and educator based in San Diego. Currently serving as President, he has been an officer of the Catalogue Raisonné Scholars Association since 2005. He was part of the research team for the catalogue raisonné of Richard Diebenkorn (Yale University Press, 2015) and has spoken on the topic of catalogues raisonnés at conferences in England (Computers and the History of Art Group), Australia (Art Libraries Society of Australia and New Zealand), Holland (Authentication in Art Congress), Finland (National Conference of Art History in Finland), Portugal (Fundação Arpad Szenes), and France (Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Pompidou).

Senior Research Scientist at Scientific Analysis of Fine Art (SAFA) in New York

Satoko has extensive experience working with museums and academic institutions as a scientist and lecturer. She received her Ph.D. from the University College London (Institute of Archaeology) She was then an A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Conservation Science at the British Museum, conducting the technical study of Italian Renaissance drawings in collaboration with the Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe degli Uffizzi in Florence, Italy. This was immediately followed by an AHRC/ ESPRC Science and Heritage Programme Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Imperial College London in collaboration with the British Museum and the National Gallery London.

Portrait de Jeanne Hébuterne au chapeau cloche by Amedeo Modigliani — Amedeo Modigliani, *Portrait de Jeanne Hébuterne au chapeau cloche,* 1916–17, oil on cardboard mounted on cradled panel, 26 3/8" × 20 1/4" (67 × 51.5 cm). Private collection

Suggested Reading

Visit the Pace library on the first floor of our 540 West 25th Street gallery to view Amedeo Modigliani: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings by Marc Restellini, browse related publications, and purchase Pace Publishing titles.

Ainsworth, M. W. “From Connoisseurship to Technical Art History: The Evolution of the Interdisciplinary Study of Art.” Getty Conservation Institute Newsletter 20, no. 1 (2005): 10.

Alexandre, Noël. Modigliani inconnu: Témoignages, documents et dessins inédits de l’ancienne collection de Paul Alexandre. Paris: Albin Michel / Fonds Mercator, 1993.

Ambers, Janet, Catherine Higgitt, and David Saunders, eds. Italian Renaissance Drawings: Technical Examination and Analysis. London: British Museum, 2010.

Bewer, Francesca G. A Laboratory for Art: Harvard’s Fogg Museum and the Emergence of Conservation in America, 1900–1950. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Art Museums, 2010.

Breslin, James E. B. Mark Rothko: A Biography. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.

Buckley, Barbara, et al. Modigliani Up Close. Exhibition catalogue, Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, October 16, 2022–January 29, 2023. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022.

Ceroni, Ambrogio. Tout l’œuvre peint de Modigliani. Paris: Flammarion, Les Classiques de l’Art, 1972.

Contensou, Bernadette, and Daniel Marchesseau, eds. Amedeo Modigliani 1884–1920. Exhibition catalogue, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, March 26–June 28, 1981. Paris: Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981.

Craddock, P., ed. Scientific Investigation of Copies, Fakes and Forgeries. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780080939001.

Dale, Maud. Modern Art: Modigliani. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929.

Dauberville, Guy‑Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Modigliani: Amedeo Modigliani chez Bernheim‑Jeune. Paris: Éditions Bernheim‑Jeune, 2015.

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Exposition Modigliani. Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Bernheim‑Jeune, Paris, February 7–21, 1922. Paris: Galerie Bernheim‑Jeune, 1922.

Exposition rétrospective Modigliani. Exhibition catalogue, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris, June 6–25, 1931. Paris: Galerie Marcel Bernheim, 1931.

Facini, Michelle, Kathryn A. Dooley, Christopher Maines, Kathryn Morales, and John K. Delaney. “Investigating Mark Rothko’s Water‑Based Paintings on Construction Paper from the 1930s.” Facture: Conservation, Science, Art History 5 (July 2021): 30–63.

Fraquelli, Simonetta, and Nancy Ireson, eds. Modigliani. Exhibition catalogue, Tate Modern, London, November 23, 2017–April 2, 2018. London: Tate Publishing, 2017.

García‑Hernández, Greta, David A. Juanes, and Rafael Romero. “Image Study and Material Characterization of the Two‑Sided Painting The Cellist and Portrait of Brancusi by Amedeo Modigliani.” International Journal of Conservation Science 14 (2023): 1233–48. https://doi.org/10.36868/IJCS.2023.03.30.

King, A., N. Ireson, S. Fraquelli, and J. H. Townsend. “An Introduction to Modigliani’s Materials and Techniques.” The Burlington Magazine 160, no. 1380 (2018): 182–88.
https://www.burlington.org.uk/archive/article/the-modigliani-technical-research-study-an-introduction-to-modiglianis-materials-and-techniques.

Klein, Mason, ed. Modigliani Beyond the Myth. Exhibition catalogue, Jewish Museum, New York, May 21–September 19, 2004; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, October 23, 2004–January 23, 2005; Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, February 19–May 29, 2005. New York: Jewish Museum; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.

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Modigliani in Focus — Amedeo Modigliani, *Nu couché,* 1919, oil on canvas, 28 3/4" × 45 11/16" (73 × 116 cm). Private collection

On the occasion of the publication of his six-volume Amedeo Modigliani catalogue raisonné, art historian Marc Restellini joined Marc Glimcher, CEO of Pace Gallery, for a conversation about new directions for research and methodologies in the making of catalogues raisonnés.

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Jeune femme brune by Amedeo Modigliani — Amedeo Modigliani, *Jeune femme brune*, 1917–18, oil on canvas, 21-7/8" × 15" (55.6 cm × 38.1 cm)

About Pace’s Multi-Part Modigliani Collaboration with the Institut Restellini

As part of this partnership and in the lead-up to the 2027 presentation, Pace is also presenting Modigliani’s work at major art exhibitions around the world, including the 2026 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong, where the gallery showed the artist’s painting Jeune femme brune (1917–18).

Our multifaceted collaboration with the Institut Restellini will culminate with a major exhibition of Modigliani’s work at our New York gallery next year. Curated by Marc Restellini, this exhibition will highlight the newly authenticated works in the catalogue raisonné, featuring loans from international museums.

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About the Institut Restellini’s Catalogue Raisonné

The symposium follows release of the Institut Restellini’s landmark Modigliani catalogue raisonné on April 21. Distributed by Yale University Press, the six-volume catalogue raisonné authored by art historian and leading Modigliani scholar Marc Restellini is the culmination of work amassed since he first began his research in 1985.

Amedeo Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings by Institut Restellini — *Amedeo Modigliani: Catalogue raisonné of the oil paintings*. Institut Restellini, 2026

For this monumental project, Restellini has made use of scientific and technological tools, including spectrometry, carbon 14, infrared, and X-ray imaging, that were not available when the Italian scholar Ambrogio Ceroni produced his Modigliani catalogue raisonné between 1958 and 1970. Through scientific, stylistic, and documentary analyses, Restellini has authenticated some 100 Modigliani works—half of which were already in prominent museum collections—that were not included in Ceroni’s volumes. Restellini has also excluded 15 works that were previously included in Ceroni’s catalogue raisonné because these works did not meet Restellini’s criteria for authentication.

To celebrate the release of the catalogue raisonné, we will host a book launch at our London gallery on June 10 from 6 to 8 p.m.—to RSVP to the event, contact rsvplondon@pacegallery.com.

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